Year : 1840
Events : 1st deep sea sounding.
Year : 1870
Events : Brooklyn Bridge construction begins; completed May 24, 1883
Year : 1871
Events : Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton NY
Year : 1929
Events : Bradman scores 112 vs England at MCG - his 1st Test century
Year : 1957
Events : 1st electric watch introduced, Lancaster PA
Year : 1977
Events : Apple Computer incorporated.
Year : 1985
Events : Azharuddin scores 110 in 1st Test innings
Year : 1988
Events : Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British PM this century
Year : 1992
Events : Boon completes 11 Test Cricket Century, 129* vs India at Sydney
Year : 1998
Events : Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme (VDIS) achieves 'resounding success' mopping up Rs.10,050 crore.
Year : 1999
Events : BBC radio poll names William Shakespeare as "Man of the Millennium".
Year : 1999
Events : A ronot Polar Lander takes off from Cape Canaveral on a 11-month water probe of the Mars.
Year : 1993
Events : U.S.President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign START-II in Moscows Kermlin.
Year : 1993
Events : The Vice-President Mr.K.R.Narayanan presented the 9th Moortidevi Award to renowned Oriya writer Pratibha Roy for her novel Yajnaseni.
Year : 1993
Events : Dr.S.Chandrasekhar of Indian Institue of Science, Bangalore , awarded prestigious C.V.Raman birth centenary Award for his outstanding contribution in the field of liquid crystals, optics and X-Ray diffraction.
Year : 1993
Events : Carnatic vocalist M.Balamurali Krishna and siter maestro Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan have bagged the 1992 Hafiz Ali Khan Award for their Outstanding contribution to the Indian classical Music.
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